GIRI AKKARAJU
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.Sc. (University of Bombay, Mumbai, India), 1985
Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh), 1997
Since 2002

Research interest
Regulation of gene expression during viral infection

WAYNE J. BARCELLONA
Associate Professor of Biology
A.B. (Southern California), 1962
M.S. (Ibid.), 1965
Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1970
Since 1973

Research interest
Cell ultrastructure

MATT CHUMCHAL
Assistant Professor
B.S. (Southwestern University), 2001
M.S. (TCU), 2003
Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), 2007
Since 2007

Research interests
Mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems, aquatic ecology

MICHAEL CHUMLEY
Assistant Professor
B.S. (University of Wyoming), 1987
M.S. (University of Wyoming), 1994
Ph.D. (University of Colorado), 2000
Since 2008

Research interests
Molecular mechanisms that direct cellular differentiation, migration and pattern formation during development

RAY W. DRENNER
Professor of Biology and Chair of the department
B.A. (Kansas), 1972
Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1977
Since 1977

Research interests
Impact of fish on lake systems; consumer-nutrient interactions in lake communities;
contaminant removal using algal-fish water treatment systems; mercury contamination of fish

AMANDA HALE
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (Purdue University), 1995
B.A. (Ibid.), 1995
M.S. (Ibid.), 1998
Ph.D. (University of Miami), 2004
Starting 2008

Research interests
Behavioral ecology, conservation biology, phylogeography and systematics

PHILIP S. HARTMAN
Professor of Biology
B.S. (Iowa State), 1975
Ph.D. (Missouri), 1979
Since 1981

Research interests
Genetics of radiation sensitivity, DNA repair, and oxidative stress in the nematode C.elegans

JOHN D. HORNER
Professor of Biology
B.S. (Louisiana State), 1979
M.S. (New Mexico), 1983
Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987
Since 1990

Research interests
Ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions; Modes of speciaton; Structure and function of ecosystems; Ecology and evolution of carnivorous plants

CLARK JONES
Instructor
B.S. , Texas Christian University, 1989
M.S., Texas Christian University, 1992
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1997

c.jones2@tcu.edu

GAIL I. JONES
Instructor of Biology
B.S.(Radford), 1971
M.T. (Duke), 1972
M.S. (TCU), 1979
Ph.D. (Univer. North Texas), 1992
Since 1997

Research interests
Certification, competency (and measurement of competency),
and career patterns of medical technologists

GLENN C. KROH
Associate Professor of Biology
Assoc. Degree (Pennsylvania State), 1962
B.S. (Ibid.), 1966
M.S. (Ibid.), 1970
Ph.D. (Michigan Sate), 1975
Since 1975

Research interests
Structure and function of successional plant communities of the
Cascade mountain range in northern California

SHAUNA MCGILLIVRAY
Assistant Professor
B.A. (Concordia College), 1999
Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego), 2005
Since 2009

Research interests
Host pathogen interactions and the interplay of specific bacterial virulence factors with the innate immune system

MIKE MISAMORE
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (University of Wisconsin - Madison), 1989
M.S. (University of Charleston, SC), 1993
Ph.D. (Louisiana State University), 1998
Since 2003

Research interests
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of fertilization

LEO W. NEWLAND
Professor of Biology and Geology
B.S. (Texas A&M), 1964

M.S. (Wisconsin), 1965
Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1968
Since 1969

Research interest
Environmental cycling of trace metals pesticides

MICHAEL SAWEY

Instructor

B. S. (Texas Wesleyan University), 1994
M. S. (TCU), 2008

DEAN A. WILLIAMS

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A. (Coe College), 1988
M.S. (University of Alabama, Huntsville), 1991
Ph.D. (Purdue University), 2000
Since 2007

Research interests
Conservation genetics, behavioral ecology, invasive species

ASSOCIATED FACULTY

KRIS KARSTEN
Post-doctoral Associate
B.S. (Truman State University), 1997
M.S. (Texas Christian University), 2000
Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University), 2008
Since 2008

Research interests
Animal behavior, Comparative animal physiology, Comparative functional morphology, Evolutionary and behavioral ecology, Herpetology, Sexual selection

MOLLY WEINBURGH
Associate Professor of Science Education Associate Director, Institute of Math, Science, and Technology Education
B.A. with teaching certification (Agnes Scott College), 1974
M.A.T. 1980 (Emory University), 1980
Ph.D. 1993 (Emory University), 1993

Research interests
Urban issues in science education; attitudes and beliefs about science

WARREN WILSON
Adjunct Faculty
B.A. , 1969, Rutgers; M.D., 1973, Emory

W.wilson2@tcu.edu

EMERITUS FACULTY

ERNEST F. COUCH
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S.(Southern Methodist), 1959
M.A. (North Texas), 1961
Ph.D. (Tulane), 1967
Since 1967

Research interests
Cell biology, ultrastructure, and crustacean endocrinology

GARY W. FERGUSON
Professor of Biology
B.S. (Tulane), 1963
M.S. (Texas Tech), 1965
Ph.D. (Michigan), 1969
Since 1974

Research interests
Ecology, evolution, behavior and nutrition of reptiles